Babette Brown (1931 – 10 February 2019) was a South African writer on race and diversity issues who was based in the

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. Brown was born in Johannesberg. She would Parktown High School for Girls, graduating from the

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with a bachelor's degree in education and from Enfield Polytechnic in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in education in sociology. She would marry Emanuel Brown in 1953. Brown's books include ''Unlearning Discrimination in the Early Years'' (1998) and ''Combatting Discrimination: Persona Dolls in Action'' (2001). She wrote a children's book, Separation, based on her childhood in

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South Africa. In 1997, Brown won the

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for her work with her charity EYTARN (Early Years Trainers Anti Racist Network). She often wrote for

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magazine.

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1931 births 2019 deaths South African emigrants to the United Kingdom British non-fiction writers South African non-fiction writers South African women writers {{UK-writer-stub